Custom Wheels to another level We have been looking to colour match our wheels for some time now. Stans No Tubes rims are our best selling wheel option, but their distinctive red rim decals don’t suit every bike. Our most popular wheels are primarily sold with either black or red Hope Pro 2 Evo hubs, [...]
Archive | Custom builds
Moonglu Build: Lynskey Cooper CX
Completed in February 2013, this Lynskey Cooper CX was equipped with a SRAM drivetrain comprising a Force chainset, WiFi rear mech and front mech, along with SRAM Apex gear shifters. A Hope stainless steel bearing bottom bracket with GXP conversion was used instead of the stock Truvativ GXP unit. The latest SRAM Wifi rear [...]
Nicolai Helius AM Pinion
This could be the greatest custom build story ever told, but most of you only have 1 life, so we’ll keep it to a minimum. As one of the UKs few Nicolai dealers we try to keep up to date with everything Nicolai. We started reading reports of an 18 Speed Gearbox after Eurobike in [...]
2013 Nicolai Helius AC
We’ve had our first 2013 spec Nicolai frame delivered, a Helius AC 26″ and it has some great new features. Nicolai have finally updated the head tube on their frames. For 2013, most of the suspension frames and some of the hardtail frames come as standard with the ZS44/56 flared headtube. This makes the bike compatible [...]
2013 Nicolai Bikes frame details
Nicolai have recently released details of their 2013 line up of frames. The details below include frame images, UK prices and technical data for their new and existing frames. Below are some details on the 2013 frames, for more comprehensive information please visit our Nicolai pages in the Custom Build section. Full Suspension Frames Helius [...]
Custom Build Archive
It’s amazing how many custom bikes we’ve built over the years. Below is a Flickr gallery of some of the none Lynskey and Nicolai bikes we’ve built. There are some great examples of the range of bikes that we can build including 2 Moonglu team downhill bikes, the Nuke Proof Scalp and Intense 951. Don’t [...]
Moonglu Team Bike: Nuke Proof Scalp
Custom Build: Nuke Proof Scalp, Moonglu Team Downhill Bike After 2 years on his Intense 951, Moonglu Team downhill racer and current Yorkshire Downhill Champion James Metcalfe asked us to put his new 2012 race bike together. After a lot of good press reviews, James decided to go with the Nuke Proof Scalp. Not exactly [...]
Nicolai Helius AC Custom Build
Nicolai Helius AC Custom Build. This build has been a long time coming, others builds have taken priority and although other work tried to get in the way, my new Helius AC is finally finished, I’ve had the frame for 3 months. I pondered various colours but in the end decided to play safe and [...]
Nicolai Helius AM Custom Build
Nicolai Helius AM Custom Build Could this be our best looking custom built bike ever to roll out of the shop? Well if it isn’t, it’s right up there! After 3 colour changes and lots of indecision our client settled on this gloss charcoal main frame and chainstay with a gloss white seatstay complimented by [...]
Lynskey Sportive #3
Lynskey Sportive Custom Build We have nearly completed our third Lynskey Sportive custom build this month (July 11), although pictured without, this Sportive will be fitted with full length mudguards and a rear rack before it leaves next week. This bike is a full build with everything brand new. The customer requirement was a comfortable [...]